Finger-nail trimmer



W. J. SLO FINGER NAIL TR ER.

Patented July 27, 1897.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM J. SLOAN, OF EAST LIVERPOOL, OHIO.

FINGER-NAIL TRlMlVlE-R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 587,243, dated July 27,1897.

Application filed March 5, 1897. Serial No. 626,692. (No model.)

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To all whom t may coz/wem.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. SLOAN, of East Liverpool, in the countyof Columbiana and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Finger -Nail Trimmers, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved finger-nailtrimmer, preferably combined with'a lead-pencil to form a rubber-tipholder and a binding for the pencil, and to permit of using the pencilas a handle for manipulating the trimmer to Iile the finger-nails.

The invention consists principally of a tube formed with a series oflongitudinal depressions, forming longitudinal guiding-ridges betweenadjacent depressions, and transverse teeth formed in the surfaces of thesaid depressions and terminating at thesaid ridges.

The invention also consists of certain parts and details andcombinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter andthen pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification,

in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts inall the iigures.`

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improvement. Fig. 2 is an enlargedsectional side elevation of the same, and Fig. 3 is an enlargedsectional plan view of the same on the line-3 3 of Fig. l.

The improved finger-nail trimmer is pro,- vided with a tube A,preferably made of sheet metal and secured at one end to alead-pencil Band arranged to receive at its other end a rubber tip C for erasingpurposes.

On the tube A and between the ends thereof are arrangedlongitudinally-extending depressions A', forminglongitudinally-extending ridges A2 between adjacent depressions, thesaid ridges forming guides for the flesh of the finger to rest againstwhen using the device.

The surface of each depression A is formed that the said teeth readilyengage the edge of the linger-nail when placing the adjacent ridgesunder the nail against the flesh of the finger, to permit of drawing thetrimmer forward and backward by the operator, using the pencil B as ahandle, so as to file the finger-nail.

By the arrangement described the tube A is made star-shaped incross-section at the depressions, as is plainly indicated in thedrawings, so as to greatly heighten the appearance of the tube andconsequently of the entire device-that is, the combinationpencil-holder, linger-nail trimmer, and eraser in the form of a rubbertip.

As the tube A is attached tothe upper end of the lead-pencil B it formsa binding for the same, and also serves to support the rubber tip forerasing-purposes, as before mentioned.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. A n`nger-nail trimmer consisting in ametallic tube havin-g an elongated depression run longitudinally alongthe tube, the ends of the tube being unbroken by the depression and theface of the depression being provided with teeth run transverse to thedepression and serving to engage the finger-nails.

2. A writing instrument and nger-nail trimmer, the writing instrumenthaving a body, one end of which is provided with a plurality of longitudinally-eXtendin g grooves, a metallic tube with a series oflongitudinally-extendin g portions, the ends ofthe tube being unbrokenby the depression and the tube embracing the said end of the writinginstrument so that the depressed portions of the tube will respectivelyfit in the grooves of the pencil, and an eraser lheld within the outerend of the tube, the outer faces of the depressions having teeth formedthereon to engage the finger-nails. n

' WILLIAM I. sLoAN.

